1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6062-1

USN-6062-1: FreeType vulnerability

Publication date

9 May 2023

Overview

FreeType could be made to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if it opened a specially crafted font file.

Releases

Packages

  • freetype - FreeType 2 is a font engine library

Details

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain malformed
font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font
file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

It was discovered that FreeType incorrectly handled certain malformed
font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font
file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.04 lunar libfreetype6 –  2.12.1+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
22.10 kinetic libfreetype6 –  2.12.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
22.04 jammy libfreetype6 –  2.11.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
20.04 focal libfreetype6 –  2.10.1-2ubuntu0.3

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